Editing Pocket PC (section)

==History==
[[File:HTC Kangaroo Bluebird Peacock.jpg|thumb|left|[[HTC]] Kangaroo, Bluebird and Peacock Palm-size PCs from the late 1990s]]
The Pocket PC was an evolution from prior calculator-sized computers. Keystroke-programmable calculators which could do simple business and scientific applications were available by the 1970s. In 1982, Hewlett Packard's [[HP-75]] incorporated a 1-line text display, an alphanumeric keyboard, [[BASIC (HP Series 70)|HP BASIC]] language and some basic PDA abilities. The [[HP 95LX]], [[HP 100LX]] and [[HP 200LX]] series packed a PC-compatible [[MS-DOS]] computer with graphics display and QWERTY keyboard into a palmtop format. The [[HP OmniGo 100]] and [[HP OmniGo 120|120]] used a pen and graphics interface on DOS-based [[PC/GEOS]], but was not widely sold in the United States. The [[HP 300LX]] built a palmtop computer on the Windows CE operating system.

'''Palm-size PC''' (PsPC) was Microsoft's official name for Windows CE PDAs that were smaller than [[Handheld PC]]s by the lack of a physical keyboard. The class was announced in January 1998 originally as "Palm PC" which provoked a lawsuit by [[Palm Inc.]], and the name changed soon afterwards to Palm-size PC before release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/50755EA6-A759-42FD-84ED-EBB5A060AF16.html|title=The Spectacular Failure of WinCE and Windows Mobile|website=www.roughlydrafted.com}}</ref> These devices were similar to the Handheld PC and also ran [[Windows CE]], however this version was more limited and lacked Pocket [[Microsoft Office]], [[Pocket Internet Explorer]], [[ActiveX]] and some other tools.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/thisishenry168/the-history-of-windows-ce|title=The history of Windows CE - thisishenry168|website=sites.google.com|access-date=2020-10-21|archive-date=2022-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517001307/https://sites.google.com/site/thisishenry168/the-history-of-windows-ce|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its main competitor was the [[PalmPilot]] and [[Palm III]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/06/29/247526/index.htm|title=Pocket Power The smallest portable computers are becoming more useful. - June 29, 1998|website=archive.fortune.com}}</ref> According to the specification, Palm-size PCs use [[SuperH]] SH3 processors and [[MIPS architecture]]. The term "palm-sized PC" was also used as a generic term of similar such devices that are not necessary connected to Microsoft, such as the PalmPilot.
[[File:Pocket PC 2000.svg|thumb|Pocket PC wordmark at the introduction of [[Pocket PC 2000]]]]
Microsoft's Handheld PCs and Palm-size PCs did not gain much success in the markets compared to Palm, with users complaining the Windows CE software were hard to use and the devices themselves were thick.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/18/business/microsoft-will-challenge-palm-s-hand-held-computer-dominance.html|title=Microsoft Will Challenge Palm's Hand-Held Computer Dominance|first=Steve|last=Lohr|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 18, 2000}}</ref> On April 19, 2000, Microsoft introduced Pocket PC with a revamped interface and to better compete against the popular Palm devices. The Pocket PC was based on the all new version 3.0 of Windows CE. HP, [[Casio]] and [[Compaq]] were the first OEMs with Pocket PC devices in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2000/04/19/technology/microsoft/|title="Pocket PC" makes its debut - Apr. 19, 2000|website=CNN Money }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2000/04/18/technology/comdex_microsoft/|title=IE incorporated into "Windows Me" - Apr. 18, 2000|date=December 30, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011230062929/https://money.cnn.com/2000/04/18/technology/comdex_microsoft/|archive-date=2001-12-30}}</ref> The familiar desktop Windows UI from Palm-size PCs was removed in favor of a more tailored interface on Pocket PCs.<ref name="auto" />

According to Microsoft, the Pocket PC is "a handheld device that enables users to store and retrieve [[e-mail]], contacts, appointments, tasks, play [[multimedia]] [[Computer file|file]]s, [[game]]s, exchange text messages with [[Windows Live Messenger]] (formerly known as MSN Messenger), browse the [[World Wide Web|Web]], and more."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://microsoft.com/mobile/buyersguide/educateme/default.asp|title=Mobile Devices|website=[[Microsoft]] |date=February 7, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030207200032/http://microsoft.com/mobile/buyersguide/educateme/default.asp|archive-date=2003-02-07}}</ref>[[File:HTC Apache.jpg|thumb|HTC Apache Pocket PC (Phone Edition) with a slide-out keyboard, showing Wikipedia from 2005]]Prior to the release of [[Windows Mobile 2003]], third-party software was developed using Microsoft's eMbedded Visual Tools, eMbedded Visual Basic (eVB) and eMbedded Visual C (eVC).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsmobile/bb264342.aspx |title=Learn Windows Mobile: Overview |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=2007-10-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009063748/http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsmobile/bb264342.aspx |archive-date=2007-10-09 }}</ref> eVB programs can usually be converted fairly easily to NS Basic/CE.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nsbasic.com/ce/info/technotes/TN25.htm |title=Tech Note 25: eVB2NSB |publisher=Nsbasic.com |date=2009-09-21 |access-date=2010-04-27}}</ref> or to Basic4ppc.

In 2007 the Pocket PC name was dropped altogether. The Pocket PC Phone Edition became Windows Mobile Professional; the Smartphone became Windows Mobile Standard; and the classic phone-less Pocket PC (which by now had become a niche) became Windows Mobile Classic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2007-01-29-microsoft-switches-up-names-for-windows-mobile-6.html|title=Microsoft switches up names for Windows Mobile 6|website=Engadget|date=29 January 2007 }}</ref>

The Pocket PC/Windows Mobile OS was superseded by [[Windows Phone]] on February 15, 2010, when the latter was announced at Mobile World Congress that year. No existing hardware was officially supported for a Windows Phone 7 upgrade. Additionally, not a single one of the thousands of apps available for Windows Mobile would run unaltered on Windows Phone.